Never been a time : the 1917 race riot that sparked the civil rights movement / Harper Barnes.

By: Barnes, Harper, Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780802715753; 0802715753Subject(s): East Saint Louis Race Riot, East Saint Louis, Ill., 1917 | Race riots -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century | Violence -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century | African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- 20th century | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century | East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 977.389
Contents:
Brotherly love -- Reconstruction and redemption: from hope to despair -- A harvest of disaster -- East St. Louis and the great exodus -- A nest of crime and corruption -- The May riot -- Shots in the dark -- The July riot begins -- "This was the Apocalypse" -- A drama of death -- Legacy of a massacre -- Judgment days -- The deal with the devil -- Epilogue: the East St. Louis blues.
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History and Geography(hall 2) 		977.389 BAR-N 2008 12882 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available 0012882
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.

Brotherly love -- Reconstruction and redemption: from hope to despair -- A harvest of disaster -- East St. Louis and the great exodus -- A nest of crime and corruption -- The May riot -- Shots in the dark -- The July riot begins -- "This was the Apocalypse" -- A drama of death -- Legacy of a massacre -- Judgment days -- The deal with the devil -- Epilogue: the East St. Louis blues.

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